Bandits have allegedly killed a Divisional Crime Officer answerable for Zurmi Native Authorities Space of Zamfara State and burnt the police station.
An indigene of the realm, Mohammed Ibrahim, informed The PUNCH on the telephone that the bandits, who had been in massive numbers and armed with subtle weapons, invaded Zurmi city, the headquarters of Zurmi LGA round 5 pm on Sunday.
Ibrahim mentioned instantly the bandits arrived at Zurmi city, they went straight to the police station the place they started to shoot sporadically, killing the DCO and injuring different cops within the course of earlier than setting the police station on fireplace.
In line with Ibrahim, the bandits attacked the police station following the killing of three of their males by the vigilantes.
He mentioned, “The vigilante group went to the forest with the police and attacked the bandits’ camp the place they killed three of the bandits and captured one in every of them.
“They later killed the bandit they captured after beating him severely.
“Because of this, the bandits mobilised themselves in massive numbers and headed to the police station in Zurmi, considering that their kinsman, who was arrested by the vigilantes and the police, was within the custody of the police.
“Instantly they arrived on the police station, they opened fireplace, killing the DCO and injuring different policemen.
“They went into the police station to search for their kinsman however couldn’t see him, as such, they set the place on fireplace.
“As I’m speaking to you now, the army personnel have arrived on the city whereas the bandits have since returned to the forest.”
Efforts to achieve the Police Public Relations Officer within the state, Yazid Abubakar, failed as calls positioned to his cell line didn’t join.
